The Donya Takes the Stairs. The Donya lives in a pre-war mansion. At that time, Papa (accent on the 2nd syllable) was just starting to build his wealth when he decided to build the family home, and it was for this reason that Papa (accent on the 2nd syllable) did not have enough money to […]
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25 YEARS AND BEYOND, THE NEGROS MUSEUM PRESENTS: GIBWANG (Flow of Culture into Negrense Communities)
The President of the Negros Museum Mrs. Marilyn B. Gamboa sums up the sentimental journey of the institution’s 25 years of existence in the welcome address she gave at the Gibwang formal opening on March 16, 2022. Below is the speech in its entirety. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUNG AND OLD, RICH AND RICHER, WELCOME TO […]
The Negros Museum has just put together its Cinco de Noviembre exhibit – an intimate portrayal of this piece of history that is now celebrated around the province as Negros Day. The museum would not be completely a museum reflective of Negrense history and culture without a dedication to the November 5, 1898 event. Here, […]
This year’s birthday for me was memorable because some friends of mine chose to greet me in Hiligaynon. As I read their warm birthday wishes, the ones sent in the native language stood out from the army of English lines. Here are a few: “Matam-is nga pagsaulog sang pagsukat sang imo natauhan nga adlaw…kami […]
Photographs courtesy of Roger Joshua Venzal The Negros Museum is a repository of things Negrense. It tells the story of Negros and its people. The Pre-colonial Room tells the story of Buglas (now known as Negros) before the Spaniards came, and even when the colonizers had established themselves on the island. See how we were […]
The core of the Negros Museum is the Talamdan exhibit. The Talamdan is an assemblage of three distinct groupings that support the reason for the exhibit’s being. Talamdan is a Hiligaynon word that means “record”. Hence, the exhibit is an archival one — made up of records and other evidences of transactions. It can also […]
